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title: "Arsenal: Fans slam Granit Xhaka display"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2021-12-11T16:55:30Z"
modified: "2021-12-11T16:55:30Z"
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# Arsenal: Fans slam Granit Xhaka display

**Many Arsenal fans were left slamming the display of Granit Xhaka despite their win at home to Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.**

It was a comfortable game in the end for Mikel Arteta’s team at the Emirates Stadium despite a shaky start, with goals from Alex Lacazette and Martin Odegaard putting them 2-0 up at half-time, before Gabriel added a third in the second half.

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Despite the win, a lot of Gunners supporters were not happy with Xhaka’s performance, as he lost out on three of his duels, and also failed to record a single clearance, tackle or key pass in the match ([SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/southampton-arsenal/RV)).

The Switzerland international also gave the ball away on no fewer than on [14](https://www.sofascore.com/southampton-arsenal/RV) separate occasions, in what was a frustrating afternoon for him individually.

### Arsenal fans slam Xhaka

These Gooners slammed his performance on Twitter, with one AFC supporter even going as far as to claim that he is ‘dreadful’:

**“How is Xhaka a footballer it’s beyond me.”**

[Credit: @sirkeyur](https://twitter.com/sirkeyur/status/1469702400361787392)

**“Xhaka is so rubbish, people don’t notice the small things, why on earth have you passed straight back to Ramsdale there?”**

[Credit: @NLNL58](https://twitter.com/NLNL58/status/1469701175641522180)

**“Partey and Xhaka have been so so poor.”**

[Credit: @\_\_\_Faye](https://twitter.com/___Faye/status/1469701022385942529)

**“Xhaka is a dreadful footballer”**

[Credit: @AFCPasha](https://twitter.com/AFCPasha/status/1469699929836716032)

**“Xhaka is completely off match pace. Been terrible. Surely Lokonga or AMN deserves a start ahead of him.”**

[Credit: @sherwinlin](https://twitter.com/sherwinlin/status/1469694768326541312)

**“Xhaka is playing against us.”**

[Credit: @ChizzyVII](https://twitter.com/ChizzyVII/status/1469694386208399364)

[***In other news, find out whose display against Man Utd was slammed by Gunners here!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/arsenal-fc-news/thomas-partey-man-utd-premier-league/)